North Shore-LIJ said the 300,000-square-foot structure, housing Katz Women’s Hospital and Zuckerberg Pavilion, is honeycombed with 145 single rooms and “transforms the 1950s appearance of the 57-year-old hospital.”

The system plans to formally unveil the project Thursday at a press conference held by North Shore-LIJ officials and to open it to patients in January after more than three years of construction.

The building, which the system said focuses on “patient- and family-centered care,” includes a meditation center, women’s garden, reflecting pool, wellness boutique, and patient and family resource center as well as single rooms.

The structure, shown here in a recent photo, still needs some cosmetic touches, according to North Shore-LIJ.

“Construction is essentially complete and most equipment and furnishings, but not all, have been installed,” North Shore-LIJ spokesman Terry Lynam told LIBN. “We need to get state Department of Health approval before we actually open the building to patients.”

The structure, which has two entrances, includes the 57,000-square-foot Zuckeberg Pavilion, named in honor of long-time trustee and former chairman Roy Zuckerberg. The pavilion, which will be the new entrance for LIJ, includes a two-story lobby and 60 single-bed surgical rooms on the eighth and ninth floors for orthopedic, urological and cardiovascular patients

The structure also includes the Katz Women’s Hospital, named in honor of long-time trustee and former chairman Saul Katz and associate trustee Iris Katz. Katz Women’s Hospital, which has its own entrance, will offer a wide range of maternity and gynecology services on four floors, including 88 private patient rooms.

North Shore-LIJ said Katz is expected to house one of the state’s busiest maternity programs, with more than 5,000 babies delivered annually. It includes 60 private postpartum rooms, newborn nursery suites, labor and delivery units and a maternal/fetal health unit.